EdFringe 2025
The 39 Steps
★★★★☆ Spiffing
Arkle’s The 39 Steps, at the Royal Scots Club for the Fringe’s second week, is a glorious piece of tongue-in-cheek entertainment.
Someone Has Got to Be John
★★★★☆ Urgent
Playing at Studio at theSpaceTriplex for the final two weeks of the Fringe, Someone Has Got to Be John is a scathing critique of the state of trans healthcare in the UK, told through the prism of an ill-fated Beatles tribute band.
Bare
★★★☆☆ Ambitious
Edinburgh Little Theatre brings Bare: A Pop Opera to the Alba stage at Hill Street Theatre for a full run of the Fringe, an ambitious musical of teenage angst and queer identity in a Catholic boarding school.
Jumper Bumps
★★★☆☆ Empowering
Massive relationship issues are handled with a confident comic touch in Jumper Bumps, an empowering debut play by women, for women, at Gilded Balloon’s Appleton Tower all Fringe.
Kevin Quantum: Unbelievable Magic for Non-Believers
★★★☆☆ High voltage
Edinburgh-based physicist-turned-magician Kevin Quantum brings a new bag of tricks to amaze audiences at the Assembly Rooms this Fringe.
Colours Run
★★★★☆ Devastating
Colours Run, from 4Play at Summerhall for the full run of the Fringe is a devastating rollercoaster of revelations, exploring cycles of abuse and what it means to love.
SKYE: A Thriller
★★★☆☆ Stylish
SKYE: A Thriller, at Summerhall throughout the Fringe, is an intriguing concept that never quite adds up to the sum of its parts.
Regina Vagina
★★★★☆ Historical debauch
Regina Vagina at CC Blooms’ downstairs LAB is an outrageously camp hour of historical storytelling with twists you can’t possibly see coming, even though you’ve probably heard this story before.
A Noble Clown
★★★★★ Resonant
Even in slightly reduced form, A Noble Clown a the Scottish Storytelling Centre is a tour de force of writing, acting and directing, as well as necessary viewing for anyone interested in the heritage of Scottish theatre.
The Bush
★★★★☆ Relevant
Based on true events, The Bush, written & performed by Alice Mary Cooper recreates 1970s Australia as a group of housewives fight a David and Goliath style campaign to prevent Kelly’s Bush, an area of land in Sydney, from being turned into a housing and shopping development.
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